Video: Beginner Yoga: 10-Minute Basic Breathing Routine

This is a really nice, relaxing, short yoga session that is great for beginners, or just those who need to relieve stress and gain more relaxation. It's also a great little routine to do right before bed to help you relax and prepare for sleep.

Grab a mat and get ready to stretch, relax, and gently tone your body as you flow with the breath through this simple yoga routine.

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A Simple Yoga Breathing Exercise

Regular practice of yoga can help you to approach life in a less stressed manner, and in doing so, you will get more out of life. You may find you are able to achieve more each day and still feel more energized at the end of the day.

One of the most important things that you will learn from yoga is the correct manner of breathing. Most of us breathe too shallowly, and this can lead to stress and tension. It is only with correct breathing that you will teach your mind and your body to gravitate towards a more natural state of relaxation.

You will be able to bring about a peaceful and relaxed state more easily and that in turn will help you to cope with stressful situations.

The deep breathing techniques that are taught in yoga can lower stress and bring more calm in your life, while at the same time energizing you. Many people feel that they need some form of stimulation to get energized, but yoga will show them that this can be far from the truth. Yoga gives you long-lasting energy that is not influenced by hyper activity or nervousness.

You can practice the basic yoga breathing techniques wherever you like - even while sitting at your office desk.

Just follow this simple technique to quickly lower your stress levels and feel calmer and more relaxed:

1. Sit up straight in your chair with your feet flat on the floor. Rest your hands on top of your thighs and begin to relax, slowly closing your eyes.

2. Now begin to think about the various parts of your body, starting with your feet and working your way up. Relax each part one at a time as you feel your muscles become soft and relaxed, releasing all the tension that is being held there.

3. Feel your lungs filling with breath, expanding and contracting in a relaxed manner. Allow your breath to go deep into your belly, expanding your diaphram naturally. Don't 'push' your breathing. Just maintain a relaxed breath in and out. With each outwards breath expel the tension that is being held in your body. Set it free and breathe in the next breath of relaxed energy.

This will come more naturally the more often you do it, and you will find that you can get into a relaxed state faster each time. It used to take me several minutes to relax when I started a yoga session, but now I can relax within seconds of starting the yoga breath technique. The energy that you get from this exercise will carry over further into each day of your life, until you find it easier to be relaxed in nearly all situations.

Try it now and see how you feel, and then make this a regular practice in your daily life to reap the benefits of yoga just by breathing!

Breathing & Relaxation Helps Athletes & Public Speakers

One of the benefits that most people find when they begin doing yoga is they learn to breathe correctly in a manner that can bring about a calmness and total relaxation almost instantly. I know this is a benefit that I have found that I was not expecting! Learning to breathe took a while, but it is an amazing benefit that most people don't think about when they begin a yoga practice.

The more yoga you do, provided you are getting good instruction, the better you will become at this and it will help you to remain calm in situations where you would have previously felt stressed.

Public speaking is one of the greatest fears that most people have and many public speaking courses combine relaxation methods into their training as this helps to eliminate or at least control the fear that can overcome people when expected to speak in front of strangers. By remaining calm and in control, the fear of speaking will generally subside and the reality of the situation will be a lot easier to accept and control.

Simply breathing correctly will induce a feeling of calm that will often be sufficient to help a person through a public speaking engagement with ease.

It has been noted that those people who perform yoga exercises on a regular basis are calmer and can control explosive or unsettling situations better than those who have not used any form of relaxation or stress relieving techniques.

Yoga has also helped many professional athletes to perform at their best by eliminating the tension and anxiety that they feel before sporting events. In all sports, optimum performance requires that you remain as relaxed as possible at all times, and yoga is just the ticket for helping you to achieve that state of mind and body.

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Once again correct breathing techniques will help to calm the mind and the body and help the sportsperson to focus on their event in a relaxed manner and achieve optimum results.

The additional benefit of a more strong and supple body also goes a long way in the prevention of injuries for athletes.

Video: Kundalini Yoga Breath of Fire

I wanted to post an example of a Kundalini yoga workout from Ana Brett & Ravi Singh for you this week, but I'm sorry I was unable to find a free one anywhere.... So this week instead of a workout, I'm sharing with you this instructional clip on how to do the "Breath of Fire" - an important form of breathing used during many Kundalini yoga sessions.

This unique form of breathing detoxifies the body, supports the immune system, raises the heart rate, and tones the midsection. It may be a bit challenging at first. Stick with it, and practice it when instructed during any of the Kundalini yoga routines by Ravi and Ana. It WILL get easier, and you may even come to love it like I do!

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